Babcock

Babcock is an industrial building in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland. Babcock is situated nearby to the government office Defence Infrastructure Organisation, as well as near Fife College, Rosyth Campus.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Forth Road Bridge and Rosyth railway station.

Forth Road Bridge

Bridge

The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the Firth of Forth in Scotland. The bridge opened in 1964 and, at the time, was the longest suspension bridge in the world outside the United States. Forth Road Bridge is situated 2½ miles southeast of Babcock.

Rosyth railway station

Railway station

Rosyth railway station serves the town of Rosyth in Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Fife Circle Line, 14.7 miles north of Edinburgh Waverley. Rosyth railway station is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Babcock.

Inverkeithing railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Inverkeithing railway station serves the town of Inverkeithing in Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, 10 miles north west of Edinburgh Waverley. Inverkeithing railway station is situated 2 miles east of Babcock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rosyth and Jamestown.

Rosyth

Photo: Wikimedia, OGL.

Rosyth is a port in Fife in central Scotland. It was built from 1909 as housing for the workers at the Royal Navy dockyard so it's modern and industrial, with a population in 2016 of 13,780.

Jamestown

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Jamestown is a hamlet in Fife, Scotland. It is contiguous with North Queensferry and Inverkeithing, and is 9 miles northwest of Edinburgh city centre. Located on the south side of the Inner Bay of Inverkeithing Bay, an inlet of the Firth of Forth, Jamestown became an important centre for shipping and industry during the 19th century, and shipbreaking in the 20th century.

Limekilns

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Limekilns is a historic coastal village in Fife, Scotland. It lies on the shore of the Firth of Forth, around 3 miles south of Dunfermline and 13 miles northwest of Edinburgh. Limekilns is situated 1½ miles west of Babcock.

Babcock

Type: Industrial building
Categories: building and industry
Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.028° or 56° 1′ 41″ north

Longitude

-3.441° or 3° 26′ 28″ west

Open location code

9C8R2HH5+6H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 576737137

OpenStreetMap feature

building=industrial

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